But this year he came up with an advance scouting system that Francona now says has given the team 8-9 more wins.

Boston sends 2 advance scouts BUT when the Red Sox arrive to play that team one of them stays behind ( or flies back to Boston ) and goes over the material with the players.

I suspect everybody will be doing this soon

Seriously Fenway....who cares? I am really getting sick of your posts just to tell you. I and most of the fans here don't care about Boston, I don't care about the Red Sox or the Patriots or the Bruins or the damn Celtics.

soltrain21

08-27-2007, 08:33 PM

Seriously Fenway....who cares? I am really getting sick of your posts just to tell you. I and most of the fans here don't care about Boston, I don't care about the Red Sox or the Patriots or the Bruins or the damn Celtics.

Last time I checked; this was in Talking Baseball. He is talking about how they send Advanced Scouts, and I think its a great idea.

Nobody forces you to read them.

skottyj242

08-27-2007, 08:40 PM

Last time I checked; this was in Talking Baseball. He is talking about how they send Advanced Scouts, and I think its a great idea.

Nobody forces you to read them.

You are right. I should have saved my rant for one of the other nineteen thousand threads Fenway is going to start today. Sorry for bothering you.

schmitty9800

08-27-2007, 08:51 PM

You are right. I should have saved my rant for one of the other nineteen thousand threads Fenway is going to start today. Sorry for bothering you.Then don't click on them? His threads are an interesting part of this forum; your spamming and complaining isn't.

soltrain21

08-27-2007, 08:51 PM

You are right. I should have saved my rant for one of the other nineteen thousand threads Fenway is going to start today. Sorry for bothering you.

Bad day at work?

skottyj242

08-27-2007, 08:52 PM

Then don't click on them? His threads are an interesting part of this forum; your spamming and complaining isn't.

So I'm a spammer? I would really enjoy proof on my spamming.

chisoxmike

08-27-2007, 08:52 PM

Then don't click on them? His threads are an interesting part of this forum; your spamming and complaining isn't.

Not when the Talking Baseball forum turns into Red Sox Interactive.

skottyj242

08-27-2007, 08:53 PM

Not when the Talking Baseball forum turns into Red Sox Interactive.

Me and Mike are mad spammers.

chisoxmike

08-27-2007, 08:53 PM

Me and Mike are mad spammers.

Crazy mad.

schmitty9800

08-27-2007, 08:55 PM

Not when the Talking Baseball forum turns into Red Sox Interactive.
I see eight Fenway threads on the first page; three are about the Red Sox.

chisoxmike

08-27-2007, 08:56 PM

I see eight Fenway threads on the first page; three are about the Red Sox.

Four are about the Red Sox.

skottyj242

08-27-2007, 08:57 PM

I see eight Fenway threads on the first page; three are about the Red Sox.

I like beer.

schmitty9800

08-27-2007, 09:14 PM

Four are about the Red Sox.I didn't count the Bob Ryan article because it was more about the St. Louis Browns, but I guess I'll give it to you.

champagne030

08-27-2007, 09:16 PM

Theo Epstein has had good and bad moments ( Hi JD Drew )

But this year he came up with an advance scouting system that Francona now says has given the team 8-9 more wins.

Boston sends 2 advance scouts BUT when the Red Sox arrive to play that team one of them stays behind ( or flies back to Boston ) and goes over the material with the players.

I suspect everybody will be doing this soon

And I see that Francona like to kiss the ass of his boss. His team is in first place because they have the best pitching staff in baseball. End of story.

Fenway

08-28-2007, 09:54 AM

The fact that they have one of the scouts going back to the team before the first game helps in more ways than you know. 2 hours of chatting little tidbits come out that may not be written down

We saw an example Saturday.....

Boston third base coach DeMarlo Hale was told to watch Andy Gonzalez closely as he had a habit of not throwing the ball in. Boston stole a run and at the time it was a big one.

BTW Theo is on very thin ice. If Boston fails to make the playoffs or does poorly in them Lucchino wants him gone because of J D Drew. It is no secret Lucchino and Epstein can not stand each other.

jabrch

08-28-2007, 12:31 PM

Seriously Fenway....who cares? I am really getting sick of your posts just to tell you. I and most of the fans here don't care about Boston, I don't care about the Red Sox or the Patriots or the Bruins or the damn Celtics.

How about one *OFFICIAL BOSTON RED SOX THREAD* so Red Sox Nation can find themselves somewhere to go when all the places devoted to Red Sox Baseball are otherwise unavailable?

downstairs

08-28-2007, 04:27 PM

How about one *OFFICIAL BOSTON RED SOX THREAD* so Red Sox Nation can find themselves somewhere to go when all the places devoted to Red Sox Baseball are otherwise unavailable?

You don't have to click on them, much less comment in them, if you don't want.

Or, heck, you could start up some threads on the Mariners, Cardinals, or any other such team here if you want.

PatK

08-28-2007, 04:47 PM

I don't get what's so "bold" about this. Doesn't every team pretty much have scouts?

soxinem1

08-29-2007, 03:17 PM

Seriously Fenway....who cares? I am really getting sick of your posts just to tell you. I and most of the fans here don't care about Boston, I don't care about the Red Sox or the Patriots or the Bruins or the damn Celtics.

This is 'Talking Baseball', isn't it? I for one, do have an interest in what other teams are doing, and I for sure would rahter read about BOS than CHC here........

Nellie_Fox

08-29-2007, 03:23 PM

This is 'Talking Baseball', isn't it? I for one, do have an interest in what other teams are doing, and I for sure would rahter read about BOS than CHC here........Yep, "Talking Baseball" is the proper forum for Red Sox stuff, WTS if for Cubsessing.

Fenway

08-29-2007, 03:24 PM

I don't get what's so "bold" about this. Doesn't every team pretty much have scouts?

No other team has one of the advance scouts go back and talk with the team. By doing that "little"things they may not include in the written report may come out.

PatK

08-29-2007, 04:14 PM

No other team has one of the advance scouts go back and talk with the team. By doing that "little"things they may not include in the written report may come out.